Online Booksellers.Eyeing eBooks Don't blink or you might miss something. Everyone's talking about eBooks, for good reason. First, Fatbrain.com developed Mightywords.com, where readers and writers can buy, sell, and publish written content, called eMatter. Hailed by self-published authors, the site offers eMatter in a "pdf" format and provides free access to Adobe Reader so buyers can read the work. In short, you won't need an eBook reader to enjoy your text. Barnes & Noble.com, one of the top online booksellers, recently invested about $20 million--in exchange for 30% of Mightywords stock--and acquired Fatbrain.com, giving B&N wide eBook distribution. Soon after, lo and behold, Amazon.com announced the opening of a long-awaited eBookstore. What does this have to do with us? Have you read Toni Morrison's acceptance speech for her 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature? No? Buy the eBook on Mightywords.com. Mightywords aside, some companies are making it standard operating procedure standard operating procedure Medtalk A technique, method or therapy performed 'by the book,' using a standard protocol meeting internally or externally defined criteria; a formal, written procedure that describes how specific lab operations are to be performed. to publish eBooks in addition to "pBooks," or paper books. So, you may soon find yourself reading Omar Tyree's newest title--on your screen. Are you in the Know? BET.com recently joined the ranks of the online black literati through its partnership with HarperCollins imprint, Amistad Press, to launch a book channel that includes Amistad titles, among those of other publishing houses. The site boasts a book dub, reviews and excerpts. Further, the day after Urban Box Office/UBO.net declared bankruptcy and released all 300 employees, No. 2 media giant Viacom announced that it would acquire BET Holdings II for $3 billion. This acquisition includes Black Entertainment Television, BET Books, BET on Jazz and BET.com. Viacom's brands include Paramount Pictures, MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. , Nickelodeon, VH1, Showtime, UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation , TNN TNN The National Network (formerly The Nashville Network) TNN The Nashville Network (now The National Network) TNN The Nerd Network (online gaming clan) , CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , Blockbuster and the publishing house Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. . Do you have news about online booksellers? Contact Michele at mthomasbibr@hotmail.com. |
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